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EFCC warns bank’s compliance officers against sharp practices
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has warned financial institutions and compliance officers to be diligent and avoid being complicit in financial practices.
Intrigues, protest as immigration boss gets controversial tenure extension
Following the expiration of his one-year tenure extension on April 24, 2023, it appears the retired Comptroller General (CG) of Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Isah Idris, is retired but not tired, as he remains in office in a fresh elongation by President Muhammadu Buhari.
Ogun will deal decisively with land grabbers or anyone threatening peace of the state, says Odusile
Ogun State Government has reassured that it would not tolerate the activities of land grabbers in the state, vowing to deal with anyone found culpable with the full wrath of law.
$268,000 Fraud; EFCC arrests Yahoo Boy at his luxury hotel in Oghara, Delta State
Operatives of the Benin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission have arrested Precious Ojo, aka obago, a suspected internet fraudster in Oghara, Delta State.
After 30-minute gun duel, NDLEA seizes drugs consignment in Lagos
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have seized 8,852 kilograms (8.8 tons) of Canadian Loud, an imported synthetic strain of cannabis, at the Eleko beach road in the Lekki area of Lagos after a 30-minute gunfight with armed men who were escorting the consignment loaded in two long trucks.
FCT Police, local security outfits rescue 58 victims from kidnappers’ dens
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command in collaboration with local security outfits have rescued 58 kidnap victims from some identified kidnappers den in communities contiguous to the territory.
Lagos Police arrest dispatch rider, one other over stolen motorcycle
Operatives of Rapid Response Squad (RRS) have arrested a dispatch rider and an accomplice for conspiring to sell a motorcycle belonging to a Lagos-based logistics company.
N2.1bn Fraud: Appeal Court upholds Maina’s eight-year sentence
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has upheld the eight-year jail term imposed on the former Chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT), Abdulrasheed Maina who was prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for money laundering to the tune of N2.1billion.
EFCC arrests self-styled Police Officer, 42 others for alleged internet fraud in Ogun
Operatives of the Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on May 5, 2023, arrested a self-acclaimed police officer, Tijani Idris Oluwaseun, and forty-two (42) others for alleged internet fraud activities.
Police arrest suspected killer of Lagos businessman
Police detectives attached to the Commissioner of Police Special Monitory Squad of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested the killer of a popular Lagos businessman simply known as Emperor.